Virginia Ham Salad Recipes

VIRGINIA HAM SALAD

Steps:

• Combine ham, celery, pickle relish, eggs, mayo and mustard; mix well. Chill.
• Cut tops from tomatoes; scoop out pulp, leaving shells intact.
• Sprinkle inside of each tomato with 1/8 teaspoons salt, invert on paper towels; drain.
• Spoon ham salad into tomato shells.
• Serve on lettuce leaves.

BAKED VIRGINIA HAM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Place the ham in a heavy roasting pan.
• Mince the garlic in a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Add the chutney, mustard, brown sugar, orange zest, and orange juice and process until smooth. Pour the glaze over the ham and bake for 1 hour, until the ham is fully heated and the glaze is well browned. Serve hot or at room temperature.

VIRGINIA HAM WITH HONEY-MUSTARD GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees with a rack in lower third. Line a roasting pan with a rack. Wrap ham in parchment-lined foil. Transfer to pan, with thicker rind side facing up. Bake 2 1/2 hours. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, stir together honey, Dijon, brown sugar, and cloves.
• Unwrap ham. When cool enough to handle, use a thin-bladed knife to peel rind from ham and trim fat all over to 1/2 inch. Score skin and fat with tip of knife in opposite directions, to create a 3/4-inch-wide diamond pattern.
• Return ham to oven and bake, uncovered, 30 minutes. Baste with some of honey-mustard mixture and continue to bake, basting every 30 minutes, until a thermometer inserted into thickest part of flesh near (but not touching) bone registers 145 degrees, about 2 hours more. (If necessary, add water to pan, 1/4 cup at a time, to prevent scorching, and tent with foilif ham begins to blacken.)
• Let ham stand at least 20 minutes before carving, or let cool completely and serve at room temperature. Thinly slice against the bone; serve.

SPRINGTIME HAM AND SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk together the oil, juice, vinegar, mustard and pepper.
• In a large bowl, toss together the ham, spinach, cantaloupe, peaches and onion. Pour dressing over all and toss to coat. Serve immediately.

SMOKED TURKEY AND COUNTRY HAM SALAD SANDWICH

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine the first 10 ingredients; taste salad.
• Carefully season to taste (if needed) with salt and pepper--country ham is plenty salty so you may not need any salt.
• Cover and refrigerate for several hours.
• Spread about 1 cup salad on bottom half of toasted rolls; top with a few crisp lettuce leaves, cover with roll tops and serve.